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Embers

By noisybass and mortadelegle

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7902.7252
Fun8482.0851
Innovation7552.4150
Theme7092.9852
Graphics2663.9252
Mood3483.3652

Comments

shaolin-dave 2017-08-01 00:03

I like the graphics, but the gameplay was a bit too simple. I kept feeling like I was missing something, or accidentally advancing the time.

(EDIT : 404 error fixed)

mortadelegle 2017-08-01 00:40

Fixed! Thanks :)

nidup 2017-08-01 12:06

Lovely pixel art & sounds track! I like the character idle, the fire effect and the small eyes in the dark. It gives a great atmosphere to the game. It could be imho improved by making more obvious the objects you can interact with, for instance with a small white line blinking around clickable objects. The game play is sadly too simple to make it fun for long, but it's overally a great experience :thumbsup: Great entry, keep up the good work :rocket:

shinmera 2017-08-01 15:58

I'm not entirely sure how this qualifies as much of a game, to be honest. Since there's no skill in clicking involved -- you can't click faster or more precisely -- and your choices impact the outcome only extremely minimally, there's just not much to do. The graphics are nice though, I guess.

draysound 2017-08-02 17:10

It was a good game and I liked the concept, I just wish there was more to do.

quixx 2017-08-02 17:12

Nice little experience. I love the details of the pixel art. The gameplay could be improved with some puzzles or point and click adventure elements :)

anthony-moran 2017-08-02 17:13

I loved the graphics but as previously mentioned there wasn't much more to do besides clicking on things. Maybe if there were more variables involved or it was made longer it would've been more fun! But i think the mood was created well with the graphics and music

syl-whatsupdesign 2017-08-02 17:15

Hi, the game looks very good but unfortunately I can't move the character ... It's too bad pixel the pixel art is very beautiful

colozz 2017-08-02 17:19

That was a cool experience - The graphics are super great - I was in the mood Short but intense

hadri 2017-08-02 17:34

Good game, I love the atmosphere of the game, with the frightening night. Graphics are cool, the eyes in the forest at night are great ! I didn't understand how to interact at first, maybe you could have improved that. The idea is good : make provisions during the day to survive at nightn but the game is too simple, 2 parties are all it takes too understand how to win. Good work on the sounds too !

mr-houdini 2017-08-02 17:34

Well, suposing this is one of your first games I have to say that I love the aesthetics and the overall idea. Maybe it could be better to move the chacarter to get the resources but it looks well. Nice work, good luck!

luckyy 2017-08-02 17:55

The graphics are great and really create a certain feeling. The gameplay is a bit simple though. Still good job!

timothy-hoffman 2017-08-03 00:18

There isn't a way to win... Didn't enjoy that aspect. Gathering resources seemed to be a bit limited.

aterlamia 2017-08-03 05:38

I survived but i think that was a bug as my food had just run out, but might have been convenient timing. I liked the atmosphere but i would liked some more mechanic than 1 click a day/night. Was fun for a bit so good job.

polona 2017-08-03 08:31

I survived. I love the graphics.

grena 2017-08-04 10:54

I tried several times but didn't succeed to win, one resource per day? I don't really understand the gameplay mechanism as you always have to instant use the resource you just collected.

I really loved the pixel art and sound ambient, it works very well to put a special mood to the game :)

So yes, try to think about more mechanisms for the survival, but you have a good start!

benbennett 2017-08-06 04:32

I loved the look of the game. I just wish there was a little more depth to the gameplay.

multiplexor 2017-08-06 11:46

Nice ambience and nice graphics! I feel that the game has a great base, but it needs some more complexity to make it really interesting! Adding more resources, being able to pickup more things, maybe even crafting, would be great! Overall, it's a very promising base :)

Keep up the good work!

wdebowicz 2017-08-06 11:52

I survived. Cute pixel art!

chuckeles 2017-08-06 11:58

Awesome graphics! I thought I was totally screwed and then the "You survived" screen popped up :smiley:

michaeltwg 2017-08-06 12:10

Simple and very cute, well done :thumbsup:

oparisy 2017-08-06 14:43

Woah, how hash! Is this a take on how difficult surviving is in isolation? :)

Great atmosphere.

dayna-stevenson 2017-08-06 22:36

Lot of fun! :)

theonethatneverwas 2017-08-07 17:59

Nice little game. The graphics, animation and mood made it a good experience. I think it still misses some things, I would like to see this game in a post-jam version.

quadtree 2017-08-08 06:03

Excellent graphics, good job! It would have been better if there were a few more mechanics, but the graphics did a good job of setting the ominous mood.

bomb-x 2017-08-08 12:46

Cool ambience ! More interactions would be fun, it's a little bit like "Gods will be watching" but you need more than two choices to make gameplay interesting ! Really nice for a first ld entry :)

lereveur 2017-08-09 20:10

Do not know how, but I survived. Art is good, but gameplay is a little poor. Maybe more choices with the materials (more choices on day : multiple resources of each kind, but more or less risquy to get, and more choices on night : multiple ways to use resources, but more or less efficient). Good job anyway, I'm not the one who will blame you, as I didn't even manage to add sound on my entry ;)

vasco-rodrigues 2017-08-09 23:37

Nice game, great art, a little bit difficult to keep my sanity :P Good job ;)

rubyleehs 2017-08-10 05:19

Art was great, Gameplay is really unbalanced.

You can just keep collecting food and build the raft and win before the go hungry/insane.

thaaks 2017-08-10 13:24

I liked the graphics and the audio, those are really good and you delivered a wonderful mood! Gameplay wise it's lacking but you already heard that. Add more possibilities and mechanics to the game - you got a good base to start from. Still a good job!

hishicorne 2017-08-10 14:54

Cool game with good graphics and good ambiance. However it was a bit hard playing it, not knowing what you could do. Also the gameplay is a bit simple, I would have liked that the player moove and loose a bit of his "hungry" bar doing that / doing each actions ! However, good game that you could improve easily by adding more actions :)

guckstift 2017-08-13 17:10

Really adorable and moody graphics! But unfortunately not much to do in your game and to easy to win :/

mike-cullingham 2017-08-14 23:33

Didn't really understand what my goal was the first time. Figured I'd have to definitely balance the fire + food + making the raft, but turns out that focusing on raft only was surefire way to survive. Probably needs a bit of risk/reward, or more actions/day + more punishment/night. Cute art and nice atmospheric music.

herman-chau 2017-08-18 04:56

It's awesome to see more games being made with Godot! I think this could make for a pretty cool game if you added more actions to do and a lot of random events that could happen through the day / night.

2017-09-04 16:25

Nice graphics! I included it in my Ludum Dare 39 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtKz5DBYziE